Every Sunday, join me, Gareth Williams from 7am through till 10am for an early morning look at the news, entertainment and sport.  They’ll be songs from the first hour to sooth tired bodies and minds, but by 10am I want you dancing around your kitchens!

*Public health warning - show may be sluggish until I've finished my second coffee 
if I've been out on the Saturday night (I didn't know 7am on a Sunday existed until 
the start of 2017)

Every week we play out a “Sunday Song” – a song featuring the word Sunday anywhere in it (lyrics or title) or performed by a band such as the Sunday’s.  To suggest a song for the list, tweet me at https://twitter.com/GWPhoenix

This week’s Sunday song was Sunday Morning Call by Oasis

 

Previous Sunday Songs –

26/02/17

This week’s Sunday Song – Sunday Sunday by Blur

19/02/17

This week’s Sunday Song – Sunday Girl by Blondie

12/02/17

This week’s Sunday Song – Church on Sunday by Green Day

05/02/17

This week’s Sunday Song – Pleasant Valley Sunday by The Monkees

29/01/17

This week’s Sunday Song – Sunday 29th by Bent

22/01/17

This week’s Sunday Song, chosen on Twitter by @LauraPayne9 is Saturday Night Gave Me Sunday Morning by Bon Jovi

15/01/17

This week’s Sunday Song – Sunday by Bloc Party

08/01/17

The first ever Sunday Song – Easy by The Commodores

Sunday Breakfast 30th November 2014
This was the playlist.
This weeks competition was Black – Wonderful Life, Katy Perry – Last Friday Night and Rebecca Black – Friday getting you to Black Friday where in the US and apparently now in the UK people spend most of their Christmas Money? Anyway the rest was

Clean Bandit feat Jess Glynne – Real Love
Caro Emerald – Riviera Life
Jackie Wilson – Reet Petite

Top Ten Best Selling Xmas Hits of All Time began today with these
The Pogues & Kirsty McCall – Fairytale of New York ( Nr 15)
Johnny Mathis – When A Child Is Born (Nr 10)
Every Sunday until December 28th we will countdown the Everyhit top 10 to Number 1

On This Day
Chicago – If You Leave Me Now (Number 1 1974)
Killers – Human (New Nr 3 2008)

Sebastian Sinbad – Emily
Pixie Lott – Caravan Of Love
Belle Stars – Sign Of The Times
The Carpenters – Those Good Old Dreams
Script – No Good In Goodbye
Foster the People – Waste
Englebert Humperdinck – I’m a Better Man (For Having Loved You)

UK Top 10
Only Murs – Wrapped Up (feat. Travie McCoy) (Nr 3)
Band Aid 30 – Do They Know It’s Christmas_ (2014) (Nr 1)

Beggin – Timebox
Catfish and the Bottlemen – Pacifier
The Frank and Walters – Indie Love Song s
Those Nervous Animals – The Business Enterprise (My Friend John)

And then the Golden Year ran for a whole hour mainly because I couldn’t make up my mind what to play

Culture Club – Time (Clock Of The Heart)
Blancmange – Living On The Ceiling
Renee & Renato – Save Your Love
Marvin Gaye – Sexual Healing
Duran Duran – Rio
Modern Romance – Best Years Of Our Lives
Paul McCartney &  michael jackson – The Girl Is Mine
A Flock of Seagulls – Wishing (If I Had A Photograph of you )
The Pretenders – Back On The Chain Gang
Dionne Warwick -Heartbreaker
Mike Post – Theme from _Hill Street Blues

And the year was 1982.I’m back December 7th for Breakfast with all the usual stuff!

So today the competition clips were Alice Cooper – Schools Out, The Godfathers – Birth, School, Work ,Death ,Hall & Oates – Adult Education getting you to various A level stories in the news this week both local and national. I went for the BBC story ‘ A-Level Grades edge down  , as University places rise’ , but also mentioned local success as reported in the Brentwood Gazette. The rest of the playlist was like this
Jan & Dean Heart And Soul
Bertie Higgins – Key Largo
Pixie Lott – Mama Do
Dolly Parton Legacy
Billie Jo Spears – What I’ve Got In Mind

On This Day
The Stylistics – Can’t Give You Anything (But My Love) – Number 1 today 1975
PM Dawn – Set Adrift On Memory Bliss – Highest new entry Number 5 today 1991

Kodaline – Brand New Day
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – Forgotten Man
Janice Ian – At Seventeen
Bob Luman – Lets Think About Living
Two Door Cinema Club – Something Good Can Work
One More Day (Stay with Me)

Sheila B Devotion – Spacer
The Frank & Walters – Indie Love Song
I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honeybunch)
Konkan – I Beg Your Pardon

The Top 10 UK Singles
One Republic – Love Runs Out
Nico & Vinz – Am I Wrong – New Number 1!

The Sultans of Ping F.C. – You Talk Too Much
Peter Jay & The Blue Men – Just Too Late
5 Seconds Of Summer – Don’t Stop
Lloyd Cole & the Commotions – Perfect Skin
The Golden Year
Example – Kickstarts (Radio Edit)
Flo Rida – Club Can’t Handle Me (feat. David Guetta)
Train – Hey, Soul Sister
Eliza Doolittle – Pack Up
Ne Yo – Beautiful Monster

The Killers – Runaways
Fancy (feat. Charli XCX)
The Beatles – Here Comes the Sun
Tennis – Petition
Nada Surf – Jules and Jim
The Housemartins – I Smell Winter
And so the Golden Year was 2010 and I’m back tomorrow for Breakfast whether that’s Quorn Bacon and Sausages or a Full English I’ll be there from 7am. Don’t Miss It!!

Sunday August 3^rd 2014

So weatherwise okay, traffic wise booooring we put together a competition (which I couldn’t remember at 8.20!) featuring an excerpt from ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ by Queen…….’Thunderbolt of lightning very,very fri…..Then Stephen Bishop…..’Down in Jamaica……’ from On and On and finally….the Three Degrees and ..’The runner…’ getting you to Usain Bolts comments on the Commonwealth Games this week….a little bit ssss..was it the games , the weather or something else,anyway the rest was…

Barry Manilow – Let’s Hang On
Shift Key – Touch (Radio Edit)
Killers – Human

The Dolly Parton Legacy (Since Glastonbury) 
Ray Stevens – Misty

On This Day
Manic Street Preachers – Everything Must Go  (1996 New )
The Spice Girls – Wannabe (Radio Edit)   (1996 Nr 1)

The Style Council – My Ever Changing Moods
Foster The People – Coming Of Age
Moby – Hymn
Michael Buble – Cry Me a River
One Direction – Kiss You
White Stripes – Hotel Yorba

Huey Lewis and the News – Do You Believe In Love
Frances Nero – Footsteps Following Me
Sophie Ellis-Bextor – Not Giving Up On Love
Sam Smith – Money On My Mind
Gary Benson – Don’t Throw It All Away

Top 40
Rixton – Me and My Broken Heart
Magic! – Rude
Cheryl – Crazy Stupid Love (feat. Tinie Tempah) (Nr 1)

Arrow – Hot Hot Hot
Jean Jacques Smoothie – 2 People
The Vamps – Can We Dance

The Golden Year
It  Bites – Calling All The Heroes
Lulu – Shout
Gwen Guthrie – Ain’t Nothin’ Goin’ On But The
The Smiths – Panic
Sinatra – So Macho
Heywood – Roses

The Carvells – The L.A. Run
The Beatles – Dear Prudence
Paul Carrack – One In A Million
Marmalade – Falling Apart At the Seams
Eden Kane – Forget Me Not
Scissor Sisters – I Don’t Feel Like Dancin’

The Golden Year was….1986. We will do it all again tomorrow from 7 at phoenixfm.com and on fm to Brentwood and Billericay etc.,. To get involved you can e-mail radio@phoenixfm.com  also facebook and @phoenixfm or @yenolom which you will see is my surname spelt backwards!!

See you soon

James Moloney

Sunday 27^th July 2014

So this week past at the Commonwealth Games Chris Hoy ahem…Sir Chris Hoy was asked for ID to enter his dedicated arena at Edinburgh….We put together ….Richard Hawley, ‘Open Up Your Door’,The Who, ‘Who are you’ and The Bombay Bicycle Club, ‘Luna’ to represent this, we did the golden year and all the other stuff as here…

The Undertones – Here Comes The Summer
The Avalanches – Since I Left You
Robbie Williams – Morning Sun

Dolly Parton Legacy ( Remember Glastonbury)
Jim Croce – Operator (That’s Not The Way It Is)

On This Day

The Cure – Inbetween Days  (1985)

Madonna – Into The Groove   (1985)

 

Gabriella Cilmi – On A Mission
Conchita Wurtz – Rise Like a Phoenix (Eurovision
Georgie Fame – Sunny
Kodaline – Brand New Day
The Vaccinnes – Norgaard
Can’t Get Along (Without You)
Such a Good Feeling (Radio Mix)
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – Forgotten Man
Steely Dan – Hey Nineteen
The Beachboys – Good Vibrations
William – Heartbreaker (Remix)
Kirsty Bertarelli – There She Goes

Top 40
Ariana Grande – Problem (feat. Iggy Azalea)
Rixton – Me and My Broken Heart  (Nr 1)

We Are The People (Radio Edit)
The Drums – Let’s Go Surfing
Mila Falls – I’m A Control Freak

The Golden Year
The Gibson Brothers – Ooh What a Life
Rickie Lee Jones –  Chuck E’s In Love
The Pretenders –  Kid
The Korgis – If I Had YouThe Boomtown

Rats – I Don’t Like Mondays (Edit)

Owl City – Fireflies (UK Radio Edit)
The Beatles –  When I’m Sixty-Four
Halo James – Could Have Told You So
The Seekers –  Georgy Girl
Jess Glynne – Right Here
Boyzone – When The Going Gets Tough

The Golden Year was 1979 and that was it….til the next time!

I, Xanthe, sat in for James on the Sunday Breakfast show, and talked about eyebrows!

The latest trend in makeup artistry is big, full brows, as sported by the recently popular model Cara Delevingne. Brows are unique to each person, and it takes a bit of playing around to find the right shape, but the main points you want to focus on finding the right style for are the beginning of the brows, which should be lightly defined (not boxy) and start in line with the side of the tip of your nose, not the nostril contrary to popular belief. This is key to the ‘full brow’ look. Secondly you will want to establish the height of the arch of your brow- the part where you want the tail of the brow to begin curving down. Cara Delevigne’s brows have a very straight arch with minimal curve on the tail of her brow.

Things you learn!!

I also advised how you could join the community of over 700 future astronauts! All you need is US$250k (which is full payment up front!) which entitles you to trips such as travelling to see the spaceships being built in California and to Spaceport America in New Mexico to see test flights of the spaceship and carrier craft.

Once you confirm your reservation you will be given a full list and invitations to the upcoming milestones, events and holidays. So hunt down the back of the sofa for that missing £146,000 and go to www.virgingalactic.com! Brilliant!

SONGS PLAYED:
Colbie Caillat – Bubbly
Feeling – Love It When You Call
George Ezra – Budapest
Stereophonics – Handbags and Gladrags
Plain White Ts – Hey There Delilah
Paulo Nutini – Scream (Funk My Life Up)
Christina Aguilera – What A Girl Wants
Take That – Shine
Nina Nesbitt – Way In the World
Paloma Faith – Only Love Can Hurt Like This
Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott – Moulding Of A Fool
James Blunt – Postcards
Crowded House – Weather With You
Billy Idol – Hot In The City
Manic Street Preachers – Walk Me To The Bridge
Adele – Rolling In The Deep
Will Young – Your Game
Olly Murs – Army Of Two
Tears For Fears – Sowing The Seeds Of love
Jack Penate – Second, Minute or Hour
Jam – Going Undergound
Mark Ronson feat Amy Winehouse – Valerie
Pharrell Williams – Happy
Justin Timberlake – Rock Your Body

Singing live on the programme on Sunday 8th July were 6th formers from Brentwood County High School – Rosie Bloom, Sarah Brialey and Amy Wenham. This renowned local trio perfomed live on the Breakfast Show with their self arranged ‘mix-up’ of 3 popular songs.

Hear Rosie, Sarah and Amy perform live on Ed’s Breakfast Show by clicking here:

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Evening to one and all,

Was a great pleasure to talk to Dan Rodgers this morning on the Weekend Breakfast Show about the Armed Forces Midsummer Extravaganza in Rayleigh on Saturday 30 June 12pm – 4pm. As Dan explained the event is in support of a charity called Scotty’s Little Soldiers that aims to support the families and particularly children of our lost heroes. The event for all the family is at the Travellers Joy, Downhall Road, Rayleigh, SS6 9JF. Don’t miss the opportunity to see lots of crafts and stallholders and take part in a jump with the Worlds Tallest mobile Bungee crane! You can find out more by searching for the event on Facebook.

Click below to listen to Dan chatting to Ed:

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Morning to one and all,
On the programme this morning I chatted to local singer songwriter Stuart Carr. His new single ‘It’s christmas time again’ will be out on Itunes in a few days time. Stuart explained to us the idea behind it, and gave us some of his plans for 2012 – including writing a song for the Olympics. Have a look at Stuart’s website to stay up to date: www.stuartcarr.com
To listen to Stuart chatting with Ed on Phoenix FM Sunday Breakfast, click here:
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Very foggy this morning again, and the same is predicted for tomorrow, keep it safe on the roads then.
News this morning of Colonel Gaddafi’s son’s plea to rebels, cuts in the NHS, Bee Gee Robin said to be unwell, Posh and Becks may be moving to Paris and a loose woman’s facelift (possibly).
Birthday bongs at 8.30 in honour of Girls Aloud singer Kimberley Walsh (born this day 1981), and the Sunday Solo today was ‘Come back to Me’ from Janet Jackson.
Between 9 and 10 on Breakfast Text Request, the tunes were picked by James, Natasha, Drake and Alison.
In the International Religious news this week: unappealing fumes, Vatican closure, the times they are a-changing, and from convent to crown.
Have a good week one and all, and see you next time
Edx

Coming up on Sunday Breakfast:
Sunday 4th December: Stuart Carr with his new Christmas single “It’s Christmas Time Again”

‘There is an old belief’ was the subject of a good chat I had with David Schact from local chamber choir The Stondon Singers. We heard from David all about the history of the choir, the benefits of singing and how we can get involved.

To hear Ed chatting to David on Sunday breakfast, click below

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Lovely morning in Essex today, sun shining, and the promise of a week of summer, as I write this, we are 3 days in Autumn!
Bumpy start to the day for me, creepy drive into Brentwood from the A12 with magpies everywhere, huddled in groups, deep in discussion, then a minor incident involving a large latte and a sweatshirt (mine) from last season as I entered the Phoenix FM building. Did anyone see that?
Shock realisation during first link of the show that indeed we are 3 calendar months from Christmas – yikes.
Onwards through the next three hours talking about everything Essex, including TOWIE (tonight), the weather (yawn), and new text abbreviations. OMG is apparently now on the way out. Or at least so we thought.
Phoenix FM’s Patrick Sherring was on hand at 7.20 and 8.20 for our weekly Thought for the Day, live from Ingatestone Parish Church, reminding us why we SHOULD be saying OMG or Oh My God. If you missed it, click here to listen again:
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Patrick also spoke about an evening in Ingatestone on Wednesday 5th October to which you are invited to a bring and share supper to meet the Bishop of Chelmsford, The Right Reverend Stephen Cottrell. If you’d like to find out more about this, please go to www.ingatestoneparishchurch.org.uk and follow the link.
Ahead of a concert by the Tallis Scholars next weekend, Chelmsford Cathedral’s Director of Music, Dr Peter Nardone joined us this morning to introduce us to the beauty of Renaissance polyphony, why this choir are one of the leading chamber choirs in world, and how his own experience of singing with such groups enables him to inspire the next generation of singers and helps him direct the music in the mother church of one of the biggest dioceses in the country. The concert is at Chelmsford Cathedral on Saturday 1st October at 7.30pm – it is not be to missed; tickets available from the Chelmsford Civic Theatre Box Office – 01245 606505. Learn more about the music in our Anglican Cathedral at www.chelmsfordcathedral.org.uk.
Click here to hear Peter chatting to Ed on Sunday Breakfast:
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Have a good week, until the next best day of the week and best time of day, stay fine and dandy.
Ed

Anisha Grange, the new Hallmark Care Home to open in Billericay on Tuesday 20th September, opened it’s doors today to welcome the community that it is to become a part of. Anisha Grange, built on the site of a former community centre offers a home to 70 people providing different levels of medical care. The team are on hand to look after mind and body alike, and they pride themselves on promoting independence, activity, fun and dignity.
Many people from the local area received a warm welcome today, and were guided around this new building that will be home for many local people in the years ahead.
Sunday Breakfast presenter Ed Wellman caught up for a quick chat with two busy people – Jo Coughlan (Home Manager) and Kieron Walsh (Regional Support Manager for Hallmark Care Homes).
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Get it? SUNday? Well, here’s hoping…the first breakfast show of this year in shorts and a t shirt. Long may it continue.

We did the Breakfast Bongs (for the inventor of Basketball – Abner Doubleday, born this day 1819) and the Sunday Solo was ‘I’ll find my way home’ by Jon and the Vangelis.

After nine, we heard from Michael Aves, Chairman of local chamber choir The Stondon Singers previewing the annual William Byrd Anniversary concert on Tuesday 5th July. Michael has also composed a piece that celebrates the 400th birthday of the King James Bible and this will be included in the concert.

Click here to listen to Michael chatting about The Stondon Singers:
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David Minns, Chairman of Brentwood and District Talking Newspaper was in the studio too this morning ahead of their street collection on Saturday 2 July. Please support this local charity if you can who send out an hours worth of recorded news from the Brentwood Gazette and other sources every week to over 100 people who rely on it to keep informed about our local area.

If you’d like to get involved as a volunteer, please call David on 01277 212379.

Click here to listen to David talking on Sunday Breakfast:
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And so until the next best day of the week, and best time of day, take care, enjoy the sun, mind the hailstones, oh, and see you at 2pm this afternoon for Sunday Replay.

Edx

Local youngster Julia Pallace, a Year 7 student at Brentwood County High School took part in the school’s first Open Mic night competition. Musicians from ages 11 to 16 took part by singing and performing songs and music of varying styles. The standard was so high that Miss Tori Kingston, BCHS’s acting Head of Drama admitted to it being an almost impossible job to judge the evening to find the top 3 performances.

However, there had to be a winner, and in the number one position was Julia with her version of the song ” One and Only ” by Adele. Julia and her Mum, Sharon were this week’s guests on Sunday Breakfast, with a live performance of the winning song too. And as it was Father’s Day, Julia dedicated her singing to her dad, Dean, and brother Josh.

Tune into Phoenix FM Sunday Breakfast over the summer to hear more live music from the Brentwood County High School musicians. Watch the website to see who will be on when, and if you go at any of the schools in our broadcast area, why not ask your teachers if you can organise an Open Mic event with them, and then you too may get the chance to sing/play live on your local radio station.

Remember PHOENIX FM broadcasts live from the Baytree Centre in Brentwood for Brentwood, Billericay and all the surrounding areas on 98.0FM 7 days a week, and you can listen online too by clicking the high quality audio link at the top of our front page on www.phoenixfm.com

To hear Julia chatting and singing live on Sunday Breakfast, click the play button below:

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On Sunday Breakfast this week, local news from the Brentwood Talking Newspaper and a preview of the William Byrd Anniversary concert at Stondon Massey Church on 5th July.

See you Sunday morning from 7am
Ed

Phoenix FM’s reporter Stephen Bealey chatted to many of the exhibitors, contributors and organiser of the 2011 Strawberry Fair.

Click below to hear Stephen’s report

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We had a fascinating discussion today about Sue’s work and determination to help youngsters and their families embrace the challenge of overcoming spectrum disorders.

Sue introduced us to the real meaning of “states of being” we know as dyslexia, dyspraxia, ADHD, Asperger’s syndrome and dyscalculia. She spoke from personal experiences and shared a wealth of information about possible symptoms, techniques to help overcome any issues, and introduced us to the role of vision and movement as the brain develops.

It was a real education to hear Sue in action this morning; she gave me one or two tests on air to check which side of my body I use more; with this Sue checked my tracking (I think!) and I did quite well and then again not so well..

Sue is in demand all over the world now to share her knowledge and experience, and you can find out lots lots more by checking out her website – www.fit4reading.co.uk

And, you are invited to attend a presentation on this very subject given by Sue at Alec Hunter School in Braintree at 5.30pm on May 23rd. More details on Sue’s website.

You can hear all of the 9 O’clock hour on Listen Again by clicking the play button here:
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On Sunday Breakfast this week, Ed will be chatting after 9 o’clock to Sue Cook, addressing the subject of Neuro developmental therapy and homeopathy.

Sue has developed her FIT4READING scheme for children diagnosed with dyslexia, dyspraxia, ADHD, Asperger’s syndrome and dyscalculia. All of them have improved a great deal and are living happier lives.

Join Ed for Sunday Breakfast from 7am and check out www.fit4reading.co.uk to learn more about Sue’s work, and…listen in to Ed and Sue at 9am tomorrow on Phoenix98FM

Happy Easter to one and all.
On the Easter morning show, we heard a seasonal message from Rev Patrick Sherring, Vicar of Ingatestone and Fryerning, who reminded us of the wonder of the very first Easter Morning, and how and why we still consider this to be the most important day in the Christian calendar.
To hear Patrick’s Easter message, click the play button:
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We also paid tribute to ‘Only fools and horses’ scriptwriter John Sullivan who passed away over the Easter weekend. He wrote for many much-loved tv characters, adding unforgettable phrases to the English language. Remind yourself of them by clicking on our tribute to John Sullivan here:
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In the classical hour after 9am, Andrew Smith dropped in to let us know all about the William Byrd Festival taking place in Stondon Massey in early May. Andrew introduced us to William Byrd, the composer and to the world that he was living and working in. Hear all about it by pressing play:
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See you next Sunday morning at 7am, have a great (3 day) week, oh and also see you for Breakfast on Friday with Emma for the warm-up to the Royal Wedding from 8-11am. We’ll be keeping you up to date with the morning’s news and playing your own wedding songs. Please leave your requests here, or you can tweet them at @phoenixfm or @ewmusic

This week on Sunday Breakfast, Reverend Patrick Sherring, Vicar of Ingatestone and Fryerning joined us in the Keep The Faith hour to help us reflect on where we are on the journey through Lent towards Easter, and how we can use Palm Sunday and Holy week as a time to think about our faith, family and friends.
Patrick will be with us again on Good Friday in Emma’s Breakfast Show and bright and early at 7.20 on Sunday Breakfast on Easter morning.
To hear Patrick’s Palm Sunday reflection, please click on the play button below.

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Today, Saturday 16 April, The Rt. Hon. Harriet Harman QC MP visited Brentwood to join Labour Councillor Mike Le-Surf out and about on the High Street to hear concerns from residents ahead of the forthcoming local elections on 5th May.
Following a brief walk from the High Street through Crown Street, Ms Harman spoke to Phoenix FM at our studios in the Baytree Centre.
Ed Wellman welcomed Harriet Harman, who is MP for Camberwell and Peckham, Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, Shadow Secretary of State for International Development and Shadow Deputy Prime Minister, to Phoenix FM, and began by asking why she had chosen to visit Brentwood today. Other subjects addressed in the interview include the core message right now from the Labour Party, the result of the 2010 General Election and views of Brentwood people regarding local and national issues. We also spoke about comments reported in the media today by Ed Milliband and Nick Clegg, who, too are both out on the campaign trail in the North of England.

To hear The Rt. Hon. Harriet Harman talking with Ed, click the link below:

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On Sunday Breakfast on 27th March we had a good chat with Les Simons all about new Essex Jazz Funk band ‘JazzFace’.
As you will hear there is some REAL talent in this ensemble, and their influences and individual performing careers really come together to produce a fresh sound.
Click below to hear Les chatting to Ed, and you’ll also hear a couple of tracks from JazzFace in there.

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Just after nine o’clock on Sunday Breakfast we will be chatting with Les Simons from Essex Jazz Funk band ‘JazzFace’. Also new music this Sunday morning from Stuart Carr. Phoenix FM Sunday Breakfast with Ed from 7am.

On Sunday 20th March over 3500 runners took part in the 2010 Equity Red Star Brentwood Half Marathon and Fun Run.

I was lucky to be able to mingle with the runners before both races, to hear why and how they were going to achieve this big Sunday morning challenge. The sun shone down on the crowds.

The organisers expect to raise over £45,000 for local national and international charities, which brings the overall amount now raised over the years to in excess of one million pounds.

We learned that following the run, 41 year old Andrew Corbett died suddenly and tragically. The thoughts of us all have been extended to his family since then. Andrew’s family and friends have set up JustGiving webpage to make donations to Little Havens Children’s Hospice at www.justgiving.com/Andrew-Mumfy-Corbett/

Thanks to everyone who chatted to Phoenix FM that day, click the link below to hear the event in progress.

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